How much did Portland, OR donors give in 2008?

Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city PORTLAND and cycle 2008 total $559,233 across 548 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Portland, OR book of $153.5 million. Unitemized gifts and Oregon state-office filings sit outside both figures.

Is $559,233 all of Portland’s federal political money?

No. $153.5 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city PORTLAND in OR. The 2008 slice is $559,233, 0.4% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Portland, OR hub. 548 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.

Does the 2008 Portland total count only residents?

No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed PORTLAND with state OR. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Portland can sit in $559,233 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.

Where do the Portland, OR 2008 numbers come from?

FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $559,233 and 548 lines for PORTLAND in cycle 2008, and $153.5 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

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Portland, OR political money in the 2008 election cycle

Filers listing Portland, OR reported $559,233 in itemized individual contributions during the 2008 presidential election cycle, across 548 FEC receipts. That dollar figure is the city-and-cycle join, not Portland’s all-cycle book of $153.5 million and not a national 2008 total. Source: FEC.gov Schedule A aggregates indexed on LobbyVault.

Key figures

$559,233 across 548 itemized receipts is the Portland, OR × 2008 join.
$153.5 million is the all-cycle Portland, OR city book; 2008 is 0.4% of that book.
Mean near $1,020 is $559,233 ÷ 548, not a median resident.
City PORTLAND is filer-entered; 2008 is the FEC cycle tag.
If the live hub disagrees, the newer FEC extract controls.

How Portland meets the 2008 election cycle

$559,233 is the overlap of two FEC dimensions: contributor city PORTLAND with state OR, and election cycle 2008. LobbyVault stores that join so a reader can open the Portland, OR city hub and the 2008 election cycle hub without treating either page as a substitute for this one. The city hub answers “how much itemized money has this city string produced across cycles.” The cycle hub answers “how much itemized money did that two-year federal window produce nationally.” This page answers only the intersection: Portland, OR in 2008.

548 is a receipt count for that intersection, not a unique-donor census. A person who gave twice is two lines. A PAC or joint-fundraising address that stored PORTLAND is in the same city field as a household street. Arithmetic mean per line is about $1,020 ($559,233 ÷ 548). That mean is division, not a typical resident and not a median.

2008 is a presidential election cycle. That calendar label does not explain $559,233. This packet does not carry party splits, committee names, or occupation mix for the join. Cite the two packet dollars — $559,233 for the 2008 slice and $153.5 million for the Portland, OR book — and stop before assigning motive.

The Portland, OR side of the join

Across cycles in this extract, contributor city PORTLAND in Oregon totals $153.5 million. $559,233 is 0.4% of that city book. A small share does not mean 2008 was quiet in Portland; it means later or earlier cycles in the same city string can dwarf a single window. The live Portland, OR table is the place to compare other years. This snapshot lists one cycle.

The stored city sits in Multnomah County, Oregon. Portland, Maine is a different state key; Beaverton is a separate Oregon string. State OR stays on the citation so Portland is not merged with a same-named place in another state. A repeated city name under another state code is a different FEC key. $153.5 million is the OR key only.

The 2008 cycle side for Oregon filers in Portland

Federal election cycles are two-year windows on FEC.gov. The 2008 cycle is not a calendar year of January gifts only; it is the Commission’s cycle tag on itemized receipts. 548 Portland, OR lines in that window produced $559,233. National 2008 activity — every city — lives on the 2008 election cycle hub, not here.

Oregon campaign-finance pages roll up the state, including cities that are not Portland. Do not add $559,233 to a state total from that hub; the state page already contains this city when the same extract is used. All FEC ties is the directory of other city-cycle and city-industry joins. None of those pages converts $559,233 into spending by Portland candidates.

What $559,233 does not measure

$559,233 is itemized federal individual contributions with contributor city PORTLAND. Unitemized gifts below the itemization threshold sit outside it. State-office campaigns in Oregon file under state law and sit outside it. Independent-expenditure totals are a different FEC table. A candidate who lives in Portland can raise money from other cities; those gifts are not this join.

City labels are filer-entered. A donor who typed PORTLAND is counted; a donor who typed a neighborhood, a firm city, or a nearby suburb is not recoded into Portland. LobbyVault does not rewrite the city field into a Census place or a residency test. Treat 548 as lines that stored this string in 2008.

Reading Portland and 2008 together without mixing tables

Correlation is not causation. $559,233 beside $153.5 million does not mean 2008 “caused” the city book or that Portland “drove” the 2008 cycle. The join is a filter: city string plus cycle tag. Amended reports can move either number. If the live Portland, OR hub or the live 2008 cycle hub disagrees with this prose, the newer FEC extract controls.

Internal links on this page go to Portland, OR, the 2008 election cycle, Oregon campaign finance, and All FEC ties. Use those four doors. Do not paste $559,233 into a USAspending award story; FEC receipts and federal obligations are different statutes. This packet has no award dollars.

Questions

How much did Portland, OR donors give in 2008?: Itemized FEC individual contributions listing contributor city PORTLAND and cycle 2008 total $559,233 across 548 receipts in this LobbyVault extract. That is the city-cycle join, not the all-cycle Portland, OR book of $153.5 million. Unitemized gifts and Oregon state-office filings sit outside both figures.
Is $559,233 all of Portland’s federal political money?: No. $153.5 million is the all-cycle itemized book for contributor city PORTLAND in OR. The 2008 slice is $559,233, 0.4% of that book. Other cycles in the same city string are on the Portland, OR hub. 548 is a 2008 receipt count, not a unique-donor count.
Does the 2008 Portland total count only residents?: No. The city is the contributor-city value on the FEC itemization. Filers typed PORTLAND with state OR. Office addresses and joint-fundraising mail that list Portland can sit in $559,233 when that is the stored string. LobbyVault does not recode the field into a residential-only book.
Where do the Portland, OR 2008 numbers come from?: FEC.gov itemized contribution aggregates, indexed on LobbyVault: $559,233 and 548 lines for PORTLAND in cycle 2008, and $153.5 million for the city string across cycles. Original reports remain on FEC.gov. If a later extract disagrees with this snapshot, the Commission’s filing controls.

FEC.gov individual contribution aggregates by donor city and election cycle.